HW #2
Read Chapter (above) How did Hitler’s foreign policy aims and actions contribute to the start of WW II? Why did the major powers (Britain, France, Italy & USSR) react the way they did to the following events: Remilitarization of the Rhineland, Anschluss, Sudetenland, Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Consider each country’s aims, domestic and international, and economic situation. Be prepared for an essay that will ask you to analyze the causes of WW II using the events of 1936-1941 and thematic explanations.
HW #1
A new complete timeline is available. Please look at the events and place them in the appropriate categories for the causes of WW II that we have been studying (see the PowerPoint on Causes of WW II, which we have been using in class)
Berlin Blockade Video
Berlin Blockade Primary Source
The Candy BomberCold War HistoriographyOrigins of Cold War HistoriographyWho was to Blame for the Cold War--John D Clare
Table of Wartime Conferences
Kennan's Long Telegram:
George Kennan's Long Telegram
The Long Telegram--Scanned Version of Original
Read the above chapter and consider hot this info helps explain WW II given the theme and events we have studied
Read Chapter (above) How did Hitler’s foreign policy aims and actions contribute to the start of WW II? Why did the major powers (Britain, France, Italy & USSR) react the way they did to the following events: Remilitarization of the Rhineland, Anschluss, Sudetenland, Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Consider each country’s aims, domestic and international, and economic situation. Be prepared for an essay that will ask you to analyze the causes of WW II using the events of 1936-1941 and thematic explanations.
A new complete timeline is available. Please look at the events and place them in the appropriate categories for the causes of WW II that we have been studying (see the PowerPoint on Causes of WW II, which we have been using in class)
Map of German AggressionTimeline Prelude to WarEmerson Kent WW II Site
Sources for Italy & Mussolini Unit